Fountain brush



June 19, 1923. 1,459,021

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Patented June 19, 1923,

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PETER L ream, or Kansascrrv, lvrrssonan Application filed Januar a, 1921. Serial N o. 434,431.

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This invention relates to fountain hair brushes, and more particularly to devices of this characterv to be used. for applying a hair tonic or oil to the scalp. My'object is to produce a fountain brush which is adapted to be easily and quickly filled,and provider.

I with a manually controlled airpassage for regulating the gravitative feed of theliquid to. the scalp. v I

A still further ob ect 1s to produce a device of this character which may be readily and easily cleaned, and from which there will be no possibility of leakage when the device is not in use.

\Vith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization of parts as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a: plan view of the bottom of the brush.

Figure 2 is a section on the line IIII of Figure 1.

Figure 3 brush and passage.

In the said drawing, where like reference characters identify corresponding parts in all of the figures, l is a container, preferably of circular formfor convenience in being gripped by the hand of the operator, and provided with a concave bottom portion 2, equipped with a screw cap 3. which. will form a liquid-tight closure for the threaded filling opening 15 formed in the bottom 2, the shape of the latter being such that the liquid may readily and easily be poured into the container. The container 2 is provided with an enlarged portion 4, forming an air passage 5, said passage being equipped at its outer end with a cup shaped opening 6 for convenient closure by the finger of the operator, as hereinafter described.

The bottom of the container is provided with ticircumferential series of teeth. 7 of semi'flexible material, formed with passages is a fragmental section of the illustrates another form of air I 8 communicating with the interior'of the container 2, and through which the liquid in the. latter'is adapted to escape.

In the form ofthe brush illustrated by .5 Figure'3, a perforation 9 is made ata con- .venient point in the top of the container,

and a pairof ears 10 are formed on the ex terior side wall thereof at a point near the perforation 9, and below said'earsis a pin v 11. Pivoted between the ears is a lever 12 formed at its upper, end with a right-angle portion 13 adapted. for. closing the perforationin the top under, the pressure of a spring 14, fittingbetweenpthe lower finger '70 portion of the lever andthe container, and;

held in position'bythe pin 11. .With this form of air passage, the operation of the brush-is similar in all respects to theoperation of the form of brush having the passage 5, except that the spring-actuated lever will close the air passage automatically when the finger of the operator ceases to exert pressure to hold such passage open, and it will,

therefore, be'unnecessary for the operator to continuously maintain his finger on the opening of the air passage in order toprevent the escape of liquid from the teeth of the brush.

The operation of the brush is When it is desired to fill the container, the brush is. placed bottom side up, and the screw cap 3 is removed and liquid is poured into the container, the concave form of bot tom facilitating the filling operation and lesseningthe tendency of the liquid to slop over the sides of the container; it will also be noted that the depth of the concave bottom 2, is such that no liquid can escape through the air passage 5, but will overflow through the filling opening 15. After the desired quantity of liquid has been poured into the containenthe screw cap is placed in position and forms a liquid tight joint with the bottom 2. The brush is now ready for use, the liquid standing therein to a point substantially as shown in Figure 2. The operator will place his finger over the cup-shaped opening 6 and invert the brush,

the liquid being held in the container by air pressure. The operator will then rub the brush over the scalp of the patient, re-. moving his finger from opening 6 of the air passage 5 from time to time, in order to permit air to enter the container and cause the liquid to be discharged through the teeth of the brush under gravitative action.

as follows I 85 This operationwill be repeated as a further 4 quantity Qili'thfii liquid is found/necessary lVith the modification shown in Figure 3,

. passage. communicating With the container the operator Will simply manipulate the le- 5 ver 12 to regulate the feed of the liquid in an obvious manner. i From the above descriptlon 1t Wlll be apparent that I have produced a' iifountain brush of the character set forth, which possesses all the "features of advantage enumerated asdesirableyan'd While 1 have described and cl'aiined the preferred: enibodi-= ment of the same, I reserve the right to make all changes properly falhng- Within 15 the spirit and scope of the appended claims;

' container also'having' an a'i'rpassage formed 111 its side Wall and in communication With I claim 1. In a device oi. thecharacterdescribed,

'a liquid container provided With-i013 and bottom portions and "formed With an air passage in its side Wall-having its opposite ends respectively 111 proximity to the'bottom and top portions of the container, and

"*Withits exit opening inconvenient position for operation by the-operator, thebottorn portion being'provided with a filling opening, and series of teeth internallj formed with exit openings lIlCOHlHlUnlCil- "blOllWlfill the container.

2 In :a deviceof the -character described, a liquid container prorlded 21v1tlran enlarged portion in its side Wall having an air above the surface of the liquid therein, said -passa e\being formed with a cup-shaped mouth, said mouth being in convenient position foro'peration' by the operator, a bottom for the container provided With' a filling opening, and a series ofteeth provided With liquid exit passages communicating With said container.

Ina-device oi? the character described, a liquid containerfo'rrnediWith a concave bottom provided With a filling: opening, said said contain-er above"-the'surfa'ce of the liquid therein and having its inner end in a hor-izontaipl-ane 'abovethat ofthe filling opening andhavingits'exterior mouth in a plane below that ofthe filling opening, said mouth being inconvenient position for operation by the'operator, and a series of hollow teeth in'communioati'on-With said container. In Witness whereof I affix my signature. PETER L. FERM. 

